Pamphlet binder



July 28, 1942.

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Patented July 28, 1942 PAMPHLET BINDER Clarence D. Trussell,Poughkeepsie, N. Y., assignor to Trussell Manufacturing Company,Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 24,1941, Serial No. 424,255

2 Claims.

The invention here disclosed relates to binders such as used by buyersor other interested parties for holding in book form the catalogs ofvarious manufacturers and known generally as pamphlet binders.

Catalogs, such as referred to differ considerably in makeup,particularly in regard to the binding by which the pages are heldtogether.

Special objects of the present invention are to provide a binder, whichwill hold catalogs and other kinds of pamphlets, booklets, folders andthe like, in conveniently handled book formation, regardless of the formof binding and other characteristics, such as the thickness or number ofpages of the individual units, etc.

Also, it is a purpose of the invention, to enable the pamphlets to bequickly and easily engaged in or removed from the binder and to securethe pamphlets when so engaged positively and firmly and beyond anychance of accidental release. Other objects are to support the pamphletsin the binder in a way to protect them and save them from injury evenunder careless handling and to provide the structure accomplishing allthe foregoing object in a simple, practical and inexpensive form.

The objects mentioned and others, as will appear, are attained in thisinvention by the novel features of construction, combinations andrelations of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and broadly covered in the claims.

In the drawing, there is shown one practical commercial embodiment ofthe invention, but it is to be understood that structure may be modifiedand changed as regards the immediate disclosure, all within the trueintent and broad scope of the invention as hereinafter defined andclaimed.

Fig. 1 is a View of one of the binders with the front cover swung opento show the pamphlets held broken away to show different types ofbindings held in place and the lower end of the binder appearing insection.

Fig. 2' is a generally similar view, showing the back cover thrown open.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the empty binder in the position shownin Fig. 1, the covers broken away for lack of space.

Fig. 4 is a broken top plan view of the binder, with difierent types ofbindings indicated as held in position therein.

The body of the binder illustrated consists of a back 5, and hingedlyconnected front and back covers 6 and I.

On the inside of the back, a plate 8, is secured by rivets 23, or othersuitable fastenings and this plate is shown as having inwardly angledflanges 9 and I8, at the upper and lower ends of the same, spaced aparta distance suflicient' to receive between them the catalogs or otherforms of pamphlets indicated at I I.

These pamphlets are illustrated as having different forms of bindings,such as the so-called plastic bindings I2, the Wire-0 bindings I3, andthe stitched or stapled bindings I4.

All these and other forms of bindings are held in place in the presentinvention by the long'pins, rods, or wires I5, extending through openingI6, in the lower flange Ill, through the bound backs of the pamphlets,across the intervening space between the flanges and throughcorresponding aligned openings IT, in the upper flange 9.

The pin receiving openings in each flange may be arranged in a singlerow as indicated, substantially parallel and relatively close to theback plate 8, but such openings may be arranged in more or lessstaggered relation, or in inclined rows, so as some of them to be closerand others further away from the back plate, to suit different kinds ofbindings and in some cases to engage the pamphlets closer and in otherinstances, further away from the bound back edges of the same, thus toprovide some latitude for holding variously bound pamphlets as closelyconfine-d as may be desired against or toward the back plate.

The handling of the long pins, as for inserting them through theopenings at one end, passing them through the bindings or bound portionsand through the corresponding openings at the opposite end, or,reversely, withdrawing them from such position, is facilitated byprovision of the reversely bent handle portions I8.

These reversely bent ends of the pins are further utilized in thepresent disclosure, as detents for locking the pins in place byprovision of the bends I9, to interlock in the openings 20, in theflange Ill.

The extreme ends of the handle portions are shown inclined as cams 2 I,to force easy entrance into the locking openings 20.

The in and out curving of the bent back portion of the handle at I9,provides in effect, abutment or detent shoulders 22, cooperating withthe edges of the locking openings to prevent accidental release of thepins and the reverse bending of the handle into the general U-shapedformation, gives this structure a spring quality, assuring the pinsbeing properly retained, but enabling them to be readily snapped into orpulled out of position in the binder.

The back plate and end flanges form a partial guard and enclosure forthe catalogs or other books, protecting them to some extent, from roughhandling, such for instance, as catalog binders may be subjected to.This base structure or frame also braces and reinforces the back andcover portions which then may be of relatively light and inexpensiveconstruction. One or any number of pamphlets may be held in the binderand these may be of various thicknesses and forms of bindings. The pinsare easily slipped through the bindings or through the bound portions ofthe leaves, dependent upon the type of binding The multiplicity ofopenings in each flange enables the pamphlets to be spaced according totheir thickness or located wherever desired in the binder. In the caseof a particularly heavy book or pamphlet, more than one pin may bepassed through the binding, as indicated for instance, at the top inFig. 4, where it is shown that two or more pins may be used, thus inefiect to more firmly anchor the binding in place in the binder.

What is claimed is:

1. A binder for a multiplicity of pamphlets having difierent kinds ofbindings and comprising a back and attached cover members, a plate onthe inside of said back member having inturned flanges at the top andbottom of said back member, each of said flanges having a multiplicityof openings therethrough, pins extending through openings in one flangeinto engagement in openings in the other flange for retaining differentpamphlets in said binder, said pins having reversely bent U-shapedhandle portions to pass through certain of said openings, the ends ofsaid handle portions being inclined toward the pins to facilitate entryinto openings, said handle portions adjoining said inclined ends beingindented to interlock over the edges of the openings in the flange inwhich said handle portions are engaged.

2. A binder for a multiplicity of pamphlets having different kinds ofbindings and comprising a back and attached cover members, a plate onthe inside of said back member having inturned flanges at the top andbottom of said back member, each of said flanges having a multiplicityof openings therethrough, pins extending through openings in one flangeinto engagement in openings in the other flange for retaining differentpamphlets in said binder, 00- operating detent shoulders on said pinsand one of said flanges for releasably retaining said pins in pamphletsecuring position, said pins having return bent U-shaped spring handleportions at one end and said cooperating detent shoulders being disposedon said return bent handle portions and provided by openings in saidflange and the return bent ends of said handle portions having inclinedcam parts to facilitate entry into said retaining openings.

CLARENCE D. 'I'RUSSELL.

